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Anatomy of the Heart Fill In The Blanks

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Question: is the heart locatedAnswer: within the mediastinum, or medial of the thorax
Question: it is flanked ___ by the lungs, ____ by the vertebral column, & ____ by the sternumAnswer: laterally by the lungs, posteriorly by the column, & anteriorly by the sternum
Question: Answer: encloses the heart within a double-walled fibroserous
Question: pericardiumAnswer: epicardium- is thin; closely to the heart muscle, reflects downward at the base of the heart to form its compaion serous membrane
Question: pericardiumAnswer: outer, looser, attached at the apex to the diaphragm
Question: pericardiumAnswer: (loosely , superficial), composed of dense connective tissue, lined by the serous parietal pericardium
Question: pericarditisAnswer: inflamation of the pericardium, causes painful adhesions the serous pericarial layers (interferes with heart movements
Question: Answer: cardiac muscle that the walls of the are composed primarily of, it is reinforced internally by a dense fibrous connective tissue network
Question: fibrous skeleton of the Answer: is the network that is more elaborate & thicker in certain areas, Ex. around & at the base of the great vessels leaving the heart
Question: name the four of the heartAnswer: 2 superior atria & 2 ventricles
Question: endocardiumAnswer: the chambers, thin serous endothelium
Question: Answer: (interventricular septum); that divides the heart longitudinally
Question: blood flows into the atria under ____ from the ___Answer: low pressure; veins of the
Question: the R atrium receives _____ from the body via the __ & __Answer: relatively oxygen-poor blood, via superior & inferior venae cavae & the sinus
Question: what do the 4 veins do?Answer: deliver oxygen-rich from the lungs to the left atrium
Question: what do the thick-walled ventricles do?Answer: form the bulk of the & are the discharging chambers (force blood out of the heart into the large arteries that emerge from its base)
Question: trunkAnswer: (recives fr. R ventricle), then it routes blood to the lungs to be oxygenated
Question: aortaAnswer: recives discharged blood from L ventrcle, all systemic arteries of the body diverge to supply the body
Question: activityAnswer: refers to discussions of the heart's pumping
Question: AVAnswer: atrioventricular valves, located between the atrial & ventricular chamber son each side, prevent backflow into the atria when the are contracting
Question: Answer: bicuspid valve, two cusps(flaps) of (L AV )
Question: valveAnswer: R AV; 3
Question: chordae Answer: tiny white collagenic cords (heart ) anchor the cusps to the ventricular walls
Question: papillary Answer: from the myocardial wall that create the chordae tendineae
Question: Answer: period of filling
Question: Answer: ventricles contract & compress the blood into chambers
Question: & aortic semilunar valvesAnswer: 2nd set of , composed of 3 pocketlike cusps, gauards the bases of the 2 lg arteries leaving the ventriclular chambers
Question: pulmonary Answer: R side, pump, shunting the carbon dioxide- rich blood entering its chambers to the to unloade CO & pick of O, back to the L side
Question: systemic Answer: carries O-rich blood fr. L heart through body tissues & back to R heart (supplies functional blood to all body tissues
 
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